BRICS as a Global Alternative: Prospects and Concerns for India: Proceedings of an International Seminar

Edited by : Suranjan Das and Tridib Chakrabarti

The volume brings together the speeches delivered and papers presented at an international brainstorming seminar on ‘BRICS as a Global Alternative: Prospects and Concerns for India’ held at Adamas University, Kolkata, on 22 and 23 February 2024. Primarily sponsored by the Indian Council of World Affairs and supported by Adamas University, the H. P. Ghosh Research Centre (Kolkata), and the Netaji Institute For Asian Studies (Kolkata), the conference was attended by His Excellency the Ambassador of Brazil, the Hon’ble Consul-Generals of China and Russia in Kolkata, distinguished Indian diplomats, and leading academics from across the country. The seminar deepened our understanding of BRICS’ evolving significance, its institutional prospects and challenges, and the role that India has played and can play in shaping this geographically and politically diverse coalition that seeks to moderate the entrenched Western dominance in global governance structure. Published at a time when India has assumed the presidency of BRICS, the volume should be of particular interest for India’s reading public as well as its practicing diplomats. For the BRICS as a Group, the collection should provide a critical perspective to chart out an effective path to realise its goal to promote a more inclusive and multipolar global order in the midst of emerging challenges in world politics.

Edited by : Suranjan Das and Tridib Chakrabarti

About the Editors

Suranjan Das is currently Vice-Chancellor of Adamas University, Kolkata, and Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter, UK. He had been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta and Jadavpur University, and the Honorary Director of the Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata. He was a member of the University Grants Commission, India, and remains associated with policy formulating bodies in the realm of higher education in India.

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Tridib Chakraborti is Emeritus Professor in the School of Liberal Arts at Adamas University, Kolkata, and formerly Professor of International Relations at Jadavpur University. He has also served as the Indian Council for Cultural Relations Visiting Professor at Dublin City University. A specialist in South and Southeast Asian politics, the Indo-Pacific, Indian political thought, and Indian foreign policy, he has published widely and his scholarship has received wide acclaim.

Contents

Introduction


Keynote Address
Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia

Address
His Excellency Kenneth Félix Haczynski da Nóbrega

Address
Qin Yong

Message
Chandra Sekhar Ghosh’s

Special Address
Krishnan Srinivasan

Address
Sreeram Chaulia

The Potential of BRICS as a Global Economic Powerhouse
Shri N. G. Khaitan

1. BRICS as a Global Alternative: Prospects and Concerns for India
Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit

2. BRICS and the Crisis of International Order: Sovereignty, Inclusiveness, and the Global South
Shibashis Chatterjee

3. BRICS and Its Potential in the Global Economy
Ajitava Raychaudhuri

4. BRICS: Origins, Trajectory, Expansion
Varun Sahni

5. BRICS: Local, Regional and Global Implications
Lakshmi Priya

Contributors

Index

Snapshots from Historic Moments of BRICS